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Fresh Crab with Mango Cucumber Salad
Fresh lime juice and mint leaves
make a delicious refreshing combination
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Fresh Dungeness crab with mango, cucumber and flavorful fresh mint make this salad a winner for a gourmet dinner entree
treat. A fantastic combination for a salad! If you want fresh, this is it!
Be sure to see my
Crab Louie served
in stemmed glasses, too.
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Prep Time: 25 min
Total Time: 25 min Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh Dungeness crab meat
1 mango, peeled and diced
1/2 English cucumbers, peeled and diced
juice from 2 limes
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon mint, freshly chopped
1 teaspoon fresh Italian flat leaf parsley chopped
1 mango, peeled, cut into matchsticks
1/2 English cucumbers, peeled, cut into matchsticks
8 fresh mint sprigs, for
garnish
small ring molds (I use 8 ounce tomato sauce cans, ends removed and cleaned)
Instruction:
In a medium size bowl carefully mix together the first 9 ingredients.
For a beautiful presentation, place ring molds on individual plates, spoon equal amounts of
the salad into ring molds, press down lightly with the back of a spoon. Remove rings making sure the salad is piled as high as possible, garnish with
matchsticks of mango and cucumber, add mint sprigs
and serve.
 | Wine recommendation: Pinot Grigio; Reisling |
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